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Irish look to bury under-achievers tag
Sports, Published on 14/10/2023
» Paris: Ireland will seek to at last break through their Rugby World Cup glass ceiling by beating New Zealand at the Stade de France to reach the semi-finals for the first time on Saturday.
No chance of Red Roses blooming in France as World Cup kicks off
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/09/2023
» The 10th edition of the Rugby World Cup got under way at the Stade de France in Paris yesterday launching what promises to be seven weeks of high-octane performances from the best players in the world.
Brooklyn start saving on aspirin
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 17/02/2023
» It's official: The Brooklyn Nets have blown up their dream team-turned-nightmare.
Johnson out to settle old score
Sports, Published on 02/08/2022
» Mixed martial arts veteran Demetrious Johnson will get a shot at redemption when he rematches One flyweight world champion Adriano Moraes at One Fight Night 1: Moraes v Johnson II on Aug 27 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
NZ coach rejects criticism of lopsided romp over Tonga
Sports, AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» Auckland: New Zealand coach Ian Foster has rejected any suggestion of an unwarranted mismatch after the All Blacks put a century of points on a hapless Tonga, saying Saturday's Test was not about the scoreline.
2020: Sport battles through a year like no other
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/12/2020
» Sport has experienced some difficult times over the years, but nothing has created so much havoc in the world's sporting calendar as the Covid-19 virus. No sport escaped the wrath of the pandemic. Little did we know back in March that the disruption would go on for so long and take such a toll.
Mandela's famed words remembered
Sports, Published on 26/05/2020
» LONDON: Twenty years ago, one of the most powerful speeches in sporting history was spoken on stage at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards.
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
Some people are not missing sport at all
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/03/2020
» Anyone reading these pages may well be suffering withdrawal symptoms of not being able to see live sport, or even read about it, because there simply isn't any.
Blood, sweat, smiles, tears and cheers in 2019
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/12/2019
» It's that time of the year when Nobby drags himself out of his armchair to acknowledge assorted sporting heroes and villains that have graced our sports pages in 2019.